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Nicolas Cage
Born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California
Actor
Claim to Fame:
Played punk rocker Randy in Valley Girl (1983)
Quote:
"The next morning [after winning the Oscar], I'm downtown... walking by the newstand, and it was the first time I'd ever been on the front page of the newspaper, which was...interesting. Then I went to this old coffee shop to have a cup of coffee and some pancakes, and the cooks and chefs come out and clap, and it was a great feeling. Then I got in my car and put my Beatles song on that I play when I'm feeling proud, which is 'Baby You're a Rich Man'. So I'm listening to that in my Lamborghini, and I'm driving to the beach, feeling pretty good, when a cop pulls me over. And I think I'm going to get a ticket, which is what usually happens in that car, but they say, 'We just want to say congratulations.' And it was cool. And I'm walking on the beach, and surfers from, like, hundreds of yards in are going, 'Hey, Nic, congratulations!' And it was just a wild day. For one second, Los Angeles felt like a small town." -- GQ magazine, March 1997
Significant Other(s):
Lori Allison; dated; no longer together
Kristina Fulton, actress; born 1957; dated; relationship ended 1991
Sarah Jessica Parker, actress; had one-year relationship; no longer together
Kristen Zang; together 1992-94; engaged; engagement and relationship ended 1994
Wife: Patricia Arquette, actress; born April 8, 1968; married April 1995; together on and off; separated November 2000
Family:
Father: August Coppola, writer
Mother: Joy Vogelsang, dancer
Uncle: Francis Ford Coppola, director, producer, screenwriter
Brother: Marc, disc jockey; older
Brother: Christopher Coppola, director, screenwriter, producer, composer; older
Son: Weston Coppola Cage; born December 1990; mother, Kristina Fulton
Awards:
1984: Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize, Birdy
1995: San Sebastian Film Festival: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: National Board of Review: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Los Angeles Film Critics Circle: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: National Society of Film Critics: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (drama), Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Chicago Film Critics: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
1995: Oscar: Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas
Factoid:
Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (July 31, 1998)
Education:
American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California; majored in acting
Agency Name:
Mercury
Acting Credits
The Family Man (2000)
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Superman Reborn (2000)
8MM (1999)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Defective Detective (1999)
City of Angels (1998)
Snake Eyes (1998)
Tom Slick: Monster Hunter (1998)
Con Air (1997)
Con Air (Spanish Subtitles) (1997)
Face/Off (1997)
Face/Off (Spanish Subtitles) (1997)
MTV's Now What?! A Guide to Jobs, Money, and the Real World (1996)
The Rock (1996)
Kiss of Death (1995)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Century of Cinema, A (1994)
Guarding Tess (1994)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Kiss of Death (1994)
Red Rock West (1994)
Trapped In Paradise (1994)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Deadfall (1993)
Red Rock West (1993)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Rabbit Ears - Davy Crockett (1992)
Red Rock West (1992)
Zandalee (1991)
Firebirds (1990)
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990)
Time to Kill (1990)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Time to Kill (1989)
Vampire's Kiss (1989)
Never on Tuesday (1988)
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
Moonstruck (1987)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Boy in Blue (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Birdy (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Valley Girl (1983)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Best of Times (1981)
Face/Off
Links:
"Nic's a jazz musician of actors. Completely unafraid." David Lynch, director (Wild at heart, Twin Peaks) "He's an artist. A brilliant artist."
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